“Four-legged choice, went about the country”
“Scientists have found a fossil of the ancestor of today’s whales and dolphins. The discovery of the four-legged whale sheds new light on däggdjurets development.”
“the Discovery of the four-metre long mammal, Peregocetus pacificus, is an important piece of the puzzle to understand how the elections fully adapted to the marine environment, according to the researchers. The Fossil whale was found in Peru and it is believed that it lived for about 43 million years ago.”
“the Animal’s four legs were strong enough to bear up the weight, which, according to the study suggest that the elections could go down in the water and then up on land again. The feet and hands were webbed to help the animal in the water. But with long fingers and toes, and relatively narrow limbs, however, believe the researchers that it was difficult for the elections to move on land.”
“– We think it was looking for food in water, and that movement under the water was much better than on land, ” says the belgian paleontologist Olivier Lambert, who led the study, published in Current Biology.”
“– Some vertebrae from the tail region has a great similarity with mammals as the sea otter, which suggests that the tail was mainly used when the elections were moved in the water, ” adds Lambert.”
“Fossils have shown that whales evolved for a little over 50 million years ago in Pakistan and in India, most likely from terrestrial animals distantly related to the hippo. The discovery in Peru is the most complete skeleton of a four-legged options found outside Pakistan and India, according to Olivier Lambert.”